
121 - The Bear Market Gift | Vance Spencer
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Seeing Opportunity in the Bear Market
This chapter explores how to view bear markets as opportunities rather than setbacks. It emphasizes maintaining conviction and perspective, encouraging listeners to focus on long-term growth and resilience in the crypto space.
✨ DEBRIEF ✨ | Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/121-debrief
------ Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures returns to Bankless to walk us through a tremendous opportunity—the Crypto Bear Market of 2022.
With a steadfast thesis and a sober approach, Vance is bullish on Layer 2 ecosystems and GameFi. And of course, all roads lead to Ethereum. Crypto is a “coiled spring on a path to hypergrowth.”
Bear Markets are where legends are born. How will you take advantage of the opportunity of a lifetime?
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------ Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro 5:00 Vance Returns 7:39 Where Crypto Needs to Be 16:44 Bull Market Lessons 21:38 Alt L1 Blockchains 26:40 The Layer 2 Rotation 32:13 The Future of ETH Killers 41:07 The Future of Layer 2’s 47:30 Optimism vs Arbitrum 49:35 The Ethereum Market 58:30 ETH is Money 1:02:18 Veblen Moneygoods 1:07:19 Who Buys ETH? 1:10:15 Bull Market Timelines 1:16:05 The Future of Tokens 1:21:30 DeFi’s Make or Break 1:28:25 Winners will emerge 1:32:15 The GameFi Rabbit Hole 1:37:18 Lessons from Axie 1:43:15 Metaverse Money 1:47:45 The Bear Market Gift 1:50:30 Closing & Disclaimers
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Vance on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pythianism?s=20&t=z7tmj0LJ3O71UyWH9xlFqQ
Vance’s Tweets https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1528501361452584960?s=20&t=IDHtibGbBEp1t1lnsMyrIg https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1531719941853892609?s=20&t=OyT_N9CEGQ8-dWs1MVapcQ https://twitter.com/pythianism/status/1526968297794723840?s=20&t=ndBaWVS2JCaliYyt24jViA
Rune Christensen’s Endgame https://forum.makerdao.com/t/the-endgame-plan-parts-1-2/15456 Crypto Fees https://cryptofees.info/ Betting the Fund on the Merge https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/betting-the-fund-on-the-merge-hal?s=w#details Bull Case For DeFi https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/the-bull-case-for-defi-vance-spencer?s=w Bull Case For DeFi II https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/-defi-verticals-vance-spencer?s=w
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